Barrel tap and bushing.



No. 67l,284. Patented Apr. 2, l90l. A KUMMERO BARREL TAP AND BUSHING.

(Application filed Jan. 7, 1901.)

(No Model.)

ALBERT KUMMERO, OF TOLEDO, OI-IIO.

BARREL TAP AND BUSHING.

SPECIFICATION formingpart Of Letters Patent NO. 671,284, dated April 2,1901.

Application filed January '7, 1901. Serial No. 42,333. (No model To allwhom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, ALBERT KUMMERO, of Toledo, county of Lucas, andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBarrel'Taps and Bushings; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which willenable'others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thefigures of reference marked thereon, which form part of thisspecification.

My invention has reference to a fluid-tap and bushing for withdrawingthe contents of a barrel or cask, and has forits object to provide a tapwhich may be attached and detached by turning upon a horizontal axistransverse to the longitudinal axis and which is adapted to be securedwhen in position by a clamping device.

In carrying out my invention I employ a novel form of bushing adapted tobe secured in the enlarged orifice in the head of the bar rel or caskand a novel fastening on the lower end of the tap to cooperate with thebushing to form a tight joint.

The invention consists in the combination of the tap having anarc-shaped foot formed with engaging surfaces, a bushing having anarc-shaped depression complementary to the arc-shaped foot of the tapand formed with engaging surfaces, and means for clamping the tap whenin position to the bushing. It also consists in the more specificconstruction shown, described, and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is asectional View showing the means for clamping the tap to the bushing.Fig. 3 is a section of the lower end of the tap, taken transverse to thesection of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional perspective of the bushing.Fig. 5 is a cross-section of a modified form of tap and bushing whichembodies my invention. Fig. 6 is a detached sectional elevation of themodified bushing.

Referring to the parts, my preferred form of tap (shown in Figs. 1, 2,and 3) comprises the usual tubular body portion 1 and the lateralextension 2, formed with a nipple 3 for connection with an air-tubecarrying air under pressure from a hand-pump or other suitableair-compressing mechanism. 4 isa stuffingboX for the sliding tube 5,which is adapted to enter the barrel after the tap is in position toconduct the fluid contents therefrom. The lower end of the tap comprisesan upper clamp member 6, integral with the tubular portion 1, and alower clamp member 7, hinged to the upper clamp member at 8. 9 is aclampingbolt pivoted to the lower clamp member at 10, which passesupwardly through a recess 11 in the upper clamping member 6 and has awingnut 12 run thereon to force the clamping members together when thetap is in position upon the bushing. The lower face of the lowerclamping member is arc-shaped, the center of curvature being at 13. 14:represents inwardly-inclined engaging surfaces upon the lower clampingmember, and 15 is an opening therethrough to receive a packing-ring 16.

. 17 is an annular seat upon the upper clamping member 6, extending intothe opening 15 and adapted to impinge upon the packingring 16 when thetap is in position upon the bushing. When the tap is disengaged from thebushing, members 6 and 7 occupy a position apart, and the packing-ringis held in position in the lower member by frictional engagement withthe sides of the opening 15.

The bushing 18 may be secured in the head of the barrel or cash in theusual manner andis formed with a central cork-orifice 19, the lowerportion of which is enlarged, as at 20. Surrounding the cork-orifice atits upper end is an annular seat, between which and the seat 17 thepacking-ring 16 is compressed. The upper face of the bushing 18 isarc-shaped at 21, the center of curvature of which when the tap is inposition is coincident with the center of curvature 13 of the lower faceof the lowerclamping member. The bushing is further formed with a raisedportion 22, the side surfaces of which are sharply tapered and adaptedto engage the surfaces 1e upon the lower clamping member, the twosurfaces being of coincident conformation.

When it is desired to attach the tap to the bushing, the same is tiltedso that the hinged end of the clamp will occupy a position in proximityto the bushing. The tap is then moved about the axis 13 to a verticalposition, the engaging surfaces upon the bushing and the tap assumingthe position shown in Fig. 2. The wing-nut upon the clampingbolt isscrewed down to bring the clampingrnembers together, which will compressthe packing-ring 16 between the seats provided therefor.

Inthe modified construction shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the engaging surfacesupon the lower clamping member are outwardly inclined, while thecomplementary engaging surfaces upon the modified bushing are inwardlyin? clined, the seat for the packing-ring 16 being located at the bottomof the arc-shaped depression in the bushing.

In both the preferred and the modified construction shown any suitableclamping device may be employed to compress the packing ring between theseat upon the upper clamping member and that upon the bushing.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. In a fluid tap and bushing, the combination of the tap formed with ahinged clamping member having an arc-shaped face, an opening throughsaid clamping member, a packing-ring disposed in said opening, andengaging surfaces upon said clamping member; a bushing having anarc-shaped depression complementary to the arc-shaped face of theclamping member, and engaging surfaces thereon to cooperate with theaforesaid engaging surfaces, and means for drawing the clamping memberand the tap into close relation, as and for the purpose'set forth.

2. In a fluid tap and bushing the combination of a tap having the hingedclamping member 7, hinged at 8, and formed with an arcshaped face, theclamping-bolt 9 to draw the clamping member and the tap together, theseat 17 formed upon the tap, the opening 15 in the clamping member,the-packing-ring 16 disposed in the opening; the bushing having thearc-shaped depression 21 complementary to the arc-shaped face of theclamping member, and a seat for the packing-ring; and complementaryengaging surfaces upon the clamping member and the bushing, as shown anddescribed.

In. testimony that I claim the foregoing as myown I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT KUMMERO.

Witnesses:

CARL H. KELLER, CHAS. O. DEFENBAUGH.

